I have read a number of posts that refer to the body doing housekeeping or playing catch up after a lot of fat burning. The part that has me confused is this. If the fat cells are filling with water before they are sloughed away or broken down, how does that relate to the overall number of fat cells someone has in their body? I thought we kept (unfortunately) all of our fat cells in a drained/shrunk state poised and ready to fill back up again much to our dismay. Are we actually dismantling and removing cells? If so, are the remaining ones just getting bigger if we regain any weight?

I've always heard the same thing. However, the theory/fact in this diet is that the bodily tissue is sloughed off once the fat cells empty that water. I don't recall whether I learned that here, or at the clinic that supervises my losses. Either way, I'd like to think the fat cells are gone forever! I don't know a certain answer.

Would love to hear any other input on this.